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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1895
Page
7
An article discusses quartered white oak as top floor material, compares veneered and solid woods, and explains proper waxing and polishing. It details cost, leveling over pine, and a traditional method using a brush on a robust worker’s foot, with guidance on fillers wax and maintenance.
A police officer muses on a fast paced era while a streetcar rider comments on urban bustle. The dialogue references trolley cars, cable car fenders, cigarettes, and newspapers reporting impatience leading to self harm.
A preacher tests the effect of hard times by asking debt holders to stand. Everyone rises except a hungry man in a worn suit who explains he cannot pay. The minister learns the man is the lone subscriber who cannot meet his obligations.
Maggie Ley, about 13 from Grand Rapids, has slept nine weeks straight with 22 to 23 hours daily. She eats and answers when awake, had a similar past attack, and doctors cite a hereditary taint of the blood affecting the brain. Her father and grandfather were insane. she attends school except during attacks.
About 35 years ago several young work trees were sent to Sandersville Georgia by the government to test climate adaptability. Three or four survive, the largest over 2 feet in diameter, bark stripped from the trunk under Colonel Richard L Worthen. Cork samples will be sent to Washington and the Atlanta exposition. The bark is 215 inches thick and good material.
The 15 year old William Ludlum White of Jamaica stands 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 262 pounds making him the largest boy in the United States as described by the New York Recorder. The town of Jamaica takes pride in his extraordinary stature and forecasts his growth by age thirty.
The Chicago Record hints at a bold fashion note for next season with talk of dancers performing bloomers at a charity ball as a novelty. The item reflects playful society coverage and ongoing fashion discourse in the social pages.
A humorous exchange shows De Spindle imitating a doctor with a condescending smile. He says the egg exercise tired him and left him fatigued, noting he paid a man for it and calling the idea bright.
Boston Traveller reports Psis lage Maas shipbuilder claims a hybrid vessel that travels on land and water. It uses 25 foot wheels on a 75 foot boat, with ball wheels along the keel for land movement. He predicts 100 mph on land and 75 mph on water and says halting one wheel could turn a corner.
The Society for the Protection of Birds in England celebrates a shift away from hats and bonnets adorned with bird plumes. May season brought abundant sprays with birds of paradise and osprey tips, and a London warehouse alone sold 60,000 dozens. Now supplies dwindle as public attention rises.
The body of Motorman Robert Searam was conveyed to Mountain View cemetery by the Grove street line trolley car he operated since the road opened. The draped car carried floral tributes from road employees who attended the funeral in large numbers.
The Chicago Record notes that arbitration law opens a new chapter in Illinois industrial history, though outcomes depend on the administering authorities. Belgium contemplates women's municipal suffrage with historical precedent cited. Mrs. S. L. Prindle, Florence mission matron, travels to England to help establish a rescue home. A brunette wears a rustic straw hat with pale ecru silk guipure lace and roses.
There is no doubt, no failure, when you take DeWitt's Colic and Cholera Cure. It is pleasant, acts promptly, no bad after effects. B. F. Johnson & Son Maynard C. H. Whitney Concord H. A. Littlefield West Acton.
A New Science Review analysis describes Colorado’s high altitude and dry air as ideal for outdoor life and health recovery. It notes sunshine nearly year round, rapid post rain drying, and temperature extremes moderated by dryness, with many patients improving at 6,000 feet while some pulmonary cases migrate to lower elevations in New Mexico valleys.
A Boston Traveller excerpt recalls a judge stifling laughter when a nurse says she works for the lawyer she sues. A Philadelphia Times joke panel riffs on marriage prospects linking wealth, talent, and bloomers with Aunt Rachel’s cooking.
The 18 by 15 inch casket from the Afghan ameer to the queen is carved from lapis lazuli and encrusted with diamonds rubies and emeralds. It features 612 brilliants in stars at its four top corners and is valued at 85000 dollars. The queen sent a gold plate service and other gifts of equal value in return.
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